Fundação Getulio Vargas

(FGV)

Getulio Vargas Foundation

FGV: origin

• FGV is a higher education institution, founded in 1944, to train qualified personnel for the administration of Brazilian’s public and private sectors.

• It was the first Brazilian institution to offer public and private administration undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as graduate programs in economics psychology, accounting and education.

FGV: today

• 11 units and schools in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasília

• Graduate programsMore than 20 programs, including Administration, Business Management, Economics, History, Law and Development

• Undergraduate programsAdministration, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, and History

• Specific programsSemester programShort-term programSpecialization programFGV Online

FGV: Mission

“To contribute to country’s social and economic development, improving

the nation’s ethical standards, promoting a responsible and shared government,

and inserting the country into the international stage.”

FGV’s reputation• FGV is considered a Center of quality and excellence. In addition to its

educational reputation, it is a reference for its economical and social researches, for its continuous search for modernity and innovation, and for its analysis on Brazilian society and administrations.

• According to many opinion surveys, FGV is considered by Brazilians:

- One of the most important Centers that contribute to the intellectual development of the nation.

- A reference for the development of an ethical mentality related to private and public administration.

- One of the most influential institutions on the economy, helping companies and the Government make better decisions.

- Acclaimed for the formation of outstanding professionals, with a critical understanding of Brazilian society and aware of their responsibilities as agents of social transformation.

FGV and the Brazilian society

• FGV is deeply linked to the society by:

- Dialoguing with the Brazilian people through the media.

- Interpreting social and economic issues through its own publications.

- Providing indexes, statistics and data to guide the economy and companies.

FGV: information• Editora FGV (publishing house): approximately 300 titles.

• Conjuntura Econômica (Economic outlook).

• Revista Brasileira de Economia (Brazilian Journal of Economy).

• Revista de Administração Pública (Journal of Public Administration).

• Revista de Administração de Empresas (Journal of Business Administration).

• Revista Estudos Históricos (Journal of Historical Studies).

• Many other publications.

Books, Journals, and Magazines

IBRE: Instituto Brasileiro de Economia

• Brazilian Institute of Economics: Produces macroeconomics statistics and applied economics research.

INDEXES

– Pioneer in calculating Brazilian GDP.

– Its IGP (General Price Index), created in 1947, was the Brazilian official inflation index for many years.

– IGP is currently used as index of debts owed by States to the Federal Government and to correct the price of some products and services, such as electric power supply.

– Three types of agricultural price surveys, on land price (sale and leasing), on inputs used in agricultural production, and on agricultural products.

– Real Estate Market Indicators.

– Many other indexes to monitor and help economic sectors or specific product

• APPLIED ECONOMIC RESEARCH CENTERS

– Center of Economy and Oil (analyzes economic regulation in the oil and energy sector).

– Center of Agricultural Economics (produces studies to guide agribusiness)

– Center for International Economics (works to formulate and to disseminate knowledge of international economics).

– Center for Economics Growth (does research to foster economic development).

IBRE: Instituto Brasileiro de Economia

• ECONOMIC TRENDS

– Corporate Surveys (for segments of industry, commerce, and construction).

– Latin American Survey (to offer view of the regional market).

– Industry Survey (monthly, to provide qualitative information).

– Consumer Expectation Survey (monthly).

– Surveys and Confidence Indexes.

IBRE: Instituto Brasileiro de Economia

FGV: Evaluations

• 26th business school in the world in 2011 Financial Times ranking.

• Best Brazilian business school for nine years in Você S/A magazine ranking.

• Favorite of Brazilian companies for consultancy (DataFolha Survey).

• Rated at the top of 2010 Global Go to Think Tanks Rankings, produced by the University of Pennsylvania:

- among the top 50 think tanks around the world;

- first among institutions that influence polices and society in Latin America and Caribbean;

- among the 25 think tanks with influence in international development;

- among the 25 think tanks for domestic economy.